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Major League Baseball

Record: 93-70   .571.... 1st in National League West
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Lost NLCS (Phillies)
Attendance: 2,278,217

Top Draft Pick: Jeff Calhoun (#69)   MLB

General Manager - Tal Smith
Manager - Bill Virdon

Hitting Coach - Deacon Jones  Pitching Coach - Mel Wright  Third Base Coach - Bob Lillis  Bullpen Coach - Don Leppert  Assistant Coach - Tony Pacheco

Affiliates - AAA Tucson Toros AA Columbus Astros A+ Daytona Astros Rk GCL Astros Blue Rk GCL Astros Orange

Team Leaders

HR: Puhl [13]
RBI: Cruz [91]
2B: Cedeno [32]
SB: Cedeno [48]
W: Niekro [20]
SV: Sambito [17]
SO: Ryan [200]

Oldest Player: Joe Morgan [36]
Youngest Player: Danny Heep [22]
Longest Tenure: Cesar Cedeno, Ken Forsch [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Scott Loucks (Sep 1)
Pitchers: Dave Smith (Apr 11)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Joaquin Andujar	P	27	B	R	6-0	180	12/21/1952	San Pedro de Macoris, DR	MLB	1976-1988
	Alan Ashby	C	28	B	R	6-2	190	7/8/1951	Long Beach, CA	MLB	1973-1989
	Dave Bergman	1B	27	L	L	6-2	190	6/6/1953	Evanston, IL	MLB	1975-1992
	Bruce Bochy	C	25	R	R	6-4	225	4/16/1955	Landes de Boussac, FR	MLB	1978-1987
	Enos Cabell	3B-1B	30	R	R	6-5	185	10/8/1949	Fort Riley, KS	MLB	1972-1986
	Cesar Cedeno	OF	29	R	R	6-2	190	2/25/1951	Santo Domingo, DR	MLB	1970-1986
	Jose Cruz	OF-CF	32	L	L	6-0	175	8/8/1947	Arroyo, PR	MLB	1970-1988
	Mike Fischlin	SS-2B	24	R	R	6-1	165	9/13/1955	Sacramento, CA	MLB	1977-1987
	Ken Forsch	P	33	R	R	6-4	210	9/8/1946	Sacramento, CA	MLB	1970-1986
	Julio Gonzalez	2B-SS	27	R	R	5-11	165	12/25/1952	Caguas, PR	MLB	1977-1983
	Danny Heep	OF-1B	22	L	L	5-11	177	7/3/1957	San Antonio, TX	MLB	1979-1991
	Art Howe	3B-2B	33	R	R	6-2	190	12/15/1946	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1974-1985
	Alan Knicely	C-OF	25	R	R	6-0	194	5/19/1955	Harrisonburg, VA	MLB	1979-1986
	Frank LaCorte	P	28	R	R	6-1	180	10/13/1951	San Jose, CA	MLB	1975-1984
	Rafael Landestoy	2B-SS	27	B	R	5-10	165	5/28/1953	Bani, DR	MLB	1977-1984
	Jeff Leonard	OF-LF	24	R	R	6-2	200	9/22/1955	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1977-1990
	Scott Loucks	OF	23	R	R	6-0	178	11/11/1956	Anchorage, AK	MLB	1980-1985
	Joe Morgan	2B	36	L	R	5-7	155	9/19/1943	Bonham, TX	MLB	1963-1984
	Joe Niekro	P	35	R	R	6-1	190	11/7/1944	Martins Ferry, OH	MLB	1967-1988
	Randy Niemann	P	24	L	L	6-4	200	11/15/1955	Scotia, CA	MLB	1979-1987
	Gordie Pladson	P	23	R	R	6-4	210	7/31/1956	New Westminster, BC	MLB	1979-1982
	Terry Puhl	OF	23	L	R	6-2	200	7/8/1956	Melville, SK	MLB	1977-1991
	Luis Pujols	C	24	R	R	6-1	195	11/18/1955	Santiago, DR	MLB	1977-1985
	Craig Reynolds	SS	27	L	R	6-1	175	12/27/1952	Houston, TX	MLB	1975-1989
	J.R. Richard	P	30	R	R	6-8	222	3/7/1950	Vienna, LA	MLB	1971-1980
	Bert Roberge	P	25	R	R	6-4	190	10/3/1954	Lewiston, ME	MLB	1979-1986
	Vern Ruhle	P	29	R	R	6-1	187	1/25/1951	Coleman, MI	MLB	1974-1986
	Nolan Ryan	P	33	R	R	6-2	195	1/31/1947	Refugio, TX	MLB	1966-1993
	Joe Sambito	P	28	L	L	6-1	190	6/28/1952	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1976-1987
	Dave Smith	P	25	R	R	6-1	195	1/21/1955	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1980-1992
	Bobby Sprowl	P	24	L	L	6-2	190	4/14/1956	Sandusky, OH	MLB	1978-1981
	Denny Walling	3B-OF	26	L	R	6-1	185	4/17/1954	Neptune, NJ	MLB	1975-1992
	Gary Woods	OF	25	R	R	6-2	190	7/20/1954	Santa Barbara, CA	MLB	1976-1985